Posts tagged "violence"

The Fist

My mother was leaning against the stove,  my father at the table looking through the classifieds.  I never saw him buy anything that wasn’t a tool. “My father is welcome in this house, forever! If he wants to come for the weekend, get out of the city and sit in the backyard, he’s coming!” My...

Emergency Room, 1978

Sacked out in the on-call room, I awaken to a strident ring.  “You’re the resident on call for ob, right?” a tired voice says through the receiver. “I got a real gusher. Think she’s aborting, but that’s technically still pregnant, so she’s yours.” A bit of the meanness that comes with chronic sleep deprivation remains...